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Conversation and the Internet

In real life, our days are often driven by conversation. Communication is how human people get things done. It is a call and response, a discussion that flows freely from its participants, taking its own form and building upon itself, steering in expected or unexpected directions.  Conversation has been defined in the following ways: Dictionary.com  Informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc. by spoken words This definition requires that conversation be spoken. MerriamWebster.com an informal talk involving two people or a small group of people; the act of talking in an informal way something that is similar to a spoken conversation This definition specifies that the number of a conversation’s participants must be limited somehow. It also, interestingly, includes the second definition, “something that is is similar to a spoken conversation” that is vague enough to include the internet. Wikipedia.com Conversation is a form of interactive, s...